Polyaluminum Chloride Market Report 2025

This Polyaluminum Chloride market report provides a comprehensive analysis of the market’s characteristics, size, and growth, including segmentation, regional and country-level breakdowns, competitive landscape, market shares, trends, and strategies. It also tracks historical and forecasted market growth across various geographies.

The polyaluminum chloride market size has grown strongly in recent years. It will grow from $1.93 billion in 2024 to $2.08 billion in 2025 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.9%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to increased demand from water treatment facilities, expansion of urbanization, shifting consumer preferences towards safer and more effective water treatment chemicals, growth in concern over water pollution, rise in awareness about the environmental benefits, growth in demand from municipal and industrial sectors, and increased preferences towards eco-friendly and efficient coagulants.

The polyaluminum chloride market size is expected to see strong growth in the next few years. It will grow to $2.79 billion in 2029 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.6%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to increasing demand for clean water, growing urbanization, rising industrialization, expanding paper industry applications, surge in economies, growing industrial wastewater treatment needs, and increasing use in the cosmetic industry. Major trends in the forecast period include advancements in production technologies, advancements in product formulations, technological innovations, advancements in sludge treatments, and advancements in water recycling technologies.

The growth of the pulp and paper industry is expected to drive the expansion of the polyaluminum chloride (PAC) market. The pulp and paper industry focuses on producing paper-based products, such as paper and cardboard, by transforming raw materials like wood pulp or recycled paper fibers into finished goods. This industry is growing due to increasing demand for packaging materials, rising literacy rates creating a need for paper products like books, and the growth of e-commerce, which requires more shipping boxes. PAC is utilized as a retention aid in paper manufacturing, significantly boosting productivity by enhancing drainage, speeding up water removal, and improving the overall efficiency of paper formation. For example, in July 2023, the International Energy Agency, a France-based intergovernmental organization, reported that in 2022, the pulp and paper sector accounted for nearly 2% of total industrial emissions. With paper production expected to grow until 2030, stronger efforts are required to reduce emissions intensity in this sector. As a result, the growth of the pulp and paper industry is fueling the expansion of the PAC market.

Major players in the polyaluminum chloride market are focusing on launching innovative platforms, such as research and technology centers, to enhance product development and improve production efficiency. A research and technology center is a specialized facility where companies conduct research, develop new products, and refine existing technologies. For example, in October 2023, USALCO LLC, a US-based chemicals company, opened the USALCO Research and Technology Center in Baltimore, investing $4 million. This new center aims to expand capabilities in sustainable water treatment solutions, including innovations in products like DelPAC Polyaluminum Chloride Solution. The center will foster innovation, create nineteen technical jobs, and strengthen efforts to address complex water treatment challenges for both municipal and industrial clients.

In August 2024, The Jordan Company L.P. (TJC), a US-based private equity firm, acquired USALCO from H.I.G. Capital for approximately $2 billion. This acquisition is designed to strengthen TJC's presence in the water treatment chemicals market and drive inorganic growth. By integrating USALCO's expertise in aluminum-based chemicals, TJC aims to improve supply chain stability and meet the increasing demand in the industrial and municipal water treatment sectors. USALCO LLC is a US-based chemicals company specializing in polyaluminum chloride products.

Major companies operating in the polyaluminum chloride market are Nalco Water, Brenntag AG, Kemira, Chemtrade Logistics, Central Glass Co. Ltd., Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Limited, GEO Specialty Chemicals, USALCO, Aditya Birla Chemicals Limited, Feralco AB, Accepta Ltd., Nippon Light Metal Company Ltd., Alfa Chemistry, Innova Corporate, Holland Company, Synergy Multichem Pvt. Ltd., Pacific Chemicals, Summit Chemical Specialty Products LLC, Yixing BLUWAT Chemicals Co. Ltd., Chemifloc, Henan Aierfuke Chemicals Co. Ltd., Hengyang Jianheng Industry Development Co. Ltd., Lvyuan Chem, Taki Chemical Co. Ltd., Gongyi Filter Industry Co. Ltd.

Asia-Pacific was the largest region in the polyaluminum chloride market in 2024. Asia-Pacific is expected to be the fastest-growing region in the forecast period. The regions covered in the polyaluminum chloride market report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa. The countries covered in the polyaluminum chloride market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA, Canada, Italy, Spain.

Polyaluminum chloride (PAC) is a chemical compound primarily employed for water coagulation and purification purposes. It is synthesized by reacting aluminum hydroxide with either hydrochloric acid or aluminum chloride. Its principal role is to destabilize suspended particles in water, thereby facilitating their elimination during the water treatment process.

Polyaluminum chloride is available in two main forms, solid and liquid. Solid PAC refers to the chemical compound existing in a solid state, typically in powder or granular form. Its basicity levels include low, medium, and high, catering to diverse end-users such as those in water treatment, pulp and paper, textiles, oil and gas, among others.

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The polyaluminum chloride market consists of sales of high-basicity polyaluminum chloride (PAC-H), low-basicity polyaluminum chloride (PAC-L), and polymeric aluminum chloride (PAC-P). Values in this market are ‘factory gate’ values, that is, the value of goods sold by the manufacturers or creators of the goods, whether to other entities (including downstream manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, and retailers) or directly to end customers. The value of goods in this market includes related services sold by the creators of the goods.

The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD, unless otherwise specified).

The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values that are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products.

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